Sequel Showdown #12 - Grand Theft Auto

[AstralSoul | 502]

What's your favorite Grand Theft Auto?

[AstralSoul | 502]

I'm not a big fan of the series but I've tried most of the games in the series (mostly in hopes that I end up a fan) but the only one I've fully completed is Vice City which is by far my favorite, mostly for the vest soundtrack and the city.

[TDIRunner | 2,721]

This is actually tricky.  I always enjoyed the original games on the PS1, but those were never the types of games that I wanted to completely play through.  They were fun for short spurts.  When they switched over to 3D environments, it was an entirely new game.  GTA3 and Vice City are probably the two games I have the most hours with, but I also had a decent amount of time with GTA4.  Funny thing is that while I've played GTA5, I never really got into it.  Even though, I'm sure that's going to be one of the more popular picks, it just never did much for me.  If I have to pick one, I'm probably going with GTA3 simply because I have the most memories with it, but on a different day, I might pick Vice City.  

Edited March 17, 2021 by TDIRunner

[Reed Rothchild | 9,509]

SA > VC = 4 > 3 > LCS > 1

Haven't played the rest

[Sumez | 2,930]

Don't ask me to pick the lesser of two evils

[Strange | 1,700]

5 is a fantastic game (the sales figures speak for themselves) but I have to go with San Andreas. The writing is fantastic and genuinely hilarious.

It’s still inspiring memes today, and it’s likely a portion of the kids quoting those memes weren’t alive when the game came out.

Edited March 17, 2021 by Strange

[RegularGuyGamer | 2,011]

Vice City is life. Easily the best era to choose in a gangster rpg for me.

[doner24 | 1,195]

I went with 5, followed by SA, 3 and then Vice City of the 4 I’ve played. Liked them all so far, but had a ton of fun on 5 and even played it through twice. 

[Tanooki | 4,929]

Voted 3, but it's a toss-up with Vice City, totally plummeted in quality after.

[Sumer | 221]

Vice City.  It was the only one of them I ever fully completed (I am not sure, but I may have beaten 3).  It is all due to the time period...from the music, the Miami Vice atmosphere, to the 80s glitz.

And, Ray Liotta did a fine job in the role too.

[themisfit138 | 523]

I went with Vice City. I have only played Vice City and San Andreas. 

[Andy_Bogomil | 815]

I like the setting of VC more but SA was a more complete game with swimming etc. Gotta go for SA. 

[WhyNotZoidberg | 585]

I'm hip with the cool kids voting for Vice City. Objectively not the best entry in the series, but the one I had the most fun with.

GTAIII blew my mind and Vice City expanded on that experience perfectly with some new mechanics yeah, but mostly by adding a shit ton of personality to the game. Where San Andreas did have improvements over Vice City, the overall experience felt more like the same game but with a different theme, so it had less of an impact on me.

Edited March 18, 2021 by WhyNotZoidberg
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[Webhead123 | 675]

I've only spent any time at all with three games in the series (Vice City, San Andreas and GTA5) but even then, I've never been terribly impressed with them. I actually enjoyed Saints Row 3 more than any of the GTA games because of it unflinchingly embracing the absurdity of the genre.

The most fun I found in the GTA games was actually the vehicle controls, specifically for the unusual vehicles. I liked any sequence where you got to operate a plane, helicopter, tank or anything unusual. Outside of that, the game usually lost most of its appeal for me pretty quickly. I dunno. I guess I'm just not that much of an anarchist at heart.

Edited March 18, 2021 by Webhead123

[a_profile_name | 230]

For me it's VC as well.

I used to play it a lot in middle school, and I also played 3 and SA.

Today, I've lost the ability to enjoy it. Whenever I see footage from the game it just strikes me as tasteless obscenity and violence. Not that I'm trying to make a statement or anything, just feels like my personal preferences changed and I simply can't see games like this as "fun" anymore.

[DefaultGen | 5,397]

GTA3 was the most “video games are at the next level” experience I think I’ve ever had. It’s gotta be that. I played 1-3 the most.

Now I hate open world drive to the icon for busywork games. Screw you GTA3.

[asmikace | 68]

That tough, I love the setting of Vice City but Rockstar knocked it out of the park with San Andreas with all the content and ideas they put into the game. Sure it the game and the 3D trilogy has things that didn't aged well like redoing the entire long mission when fail instead of checkpoints but the missions, world building, characters, and voice actors make it so good.

I do love 5 but that game gives me so much frustration outside of the game itself. I got the PS3 copy but it doesn't work with a backwards compatible PS3 and when I bought the Steam version I have to deal with a Rockstar account that I don't want to use or have to run additional software for which Rockstar 2K games been milking a years old game.

[captmorgandrinker | 1,649]

On 3/17/2021 at 5:57 PM, doner24 said:

I went with 5, followed by SA, 3 and then Vice City of the 4 I’ve played. Liked them all so far, but had a ton of fun on 5 and even played it through twice. 

If you loved 5 you owe it to yourself to play through IV.   I think it has the best storyline.

[Deadeye | 1,595]

Only played GTA, GTA2, London, and GTA3.  Can't really weight in on the entire series. 

[JamesRobot | 5,786]

Tough decision.  But I went with Vice City.  That was the last time I took off time from work for a video game release and it was glorious.  The music, setting, and plot homage to Scarface; Rockstar nailed the whole package.  

[a3quit4s | 4,091]

GTA 5 they are all great but it's hard when a game has a formula and just continues building on it to make better and better games. 

[Kguillemette | 1,543]

The only one I have ever liked was San Andreas. Never cared for the missions, I just messed around stealing cars and pissing cops off.

[peg | 370]

Never played them other than 3 and vice city. They were fun for seeing how many stars you could get and stealing tanks. But playing the missions was just dull and pointless.

[croagunk | 798]

I’ve only played the first one on the PlayStation Classic. The control is horrendous, likely due to the lack of analog sticks on the controller. From what I’ve seen of the newer games, they seem quite fun.

[SpoonMan Abrams X | 697]

I know people really love Vice City but San Andreas is/was the pinnacle of GTA, no if ands or buts. So much stuff to do in that game. Also I own a copy of the pre patch PS2 version with "Hot Coffee" still accessible on it lol

Edited April 20, 2021 by SpoonMan Abrams X